From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Pat Gilliland" Subject: Re: Booting with Elks Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 07:44:57 -0500 Sender: linux-8086-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <402a23c9.e70.0@cyberus.ca> Reply-To: patrick@inkpotproductions.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-8086@vger.kernel.org David Given wrote: >I've just tested the latest boot disk --- works fine on dosemu, pcemu and a >real PC. I don't know what the error code is, but it sounds like a floppy >disk problem. You're not using a 1.44MB formatted floppy disk in a 720kB >drive, are you? Caveat: I use Elks I am _not_ a developer. David has a point here which bears expanding a bit. I found on my 1100 (same as a 1200 w/o the hd) that the 720 drive is quite particular about what disks it takes. If you can, format a genuine 720 floppy (one "hole") in a 720 drive (not 1.44) and dd the image to that. As an empirical fix, this has worked for me both on my 1100 and 1200. To pre-empt a further question - no I have not got the 1200's hd up and running under Elks. I would put more work into it but the hd is very hard on the battery. Pat Sent using cyberus.ca WebMail - http://www.cyberus.ca/